Court orders Salman to be present on Apr 6 hearing

Written By kom nampultig on Rabu, 01 April 2015 | 08.20

Salman Khan has been asked to be present in court in the next hearing of the 2002 hit-and-run case on April 6, 2015. It was on March 30 when Salman's driver Ashok Singh said in the court that it was him and not Salman who was driving the car on the intervening night of September 27-28, 2002, when the accident took place.

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Khan is accused of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the hit-and-run case, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison. He has been booked under Section 304 A of the Indian Penal Code (rash and negligent driving), 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing minor injuries), 338 (causing major injuries) and 427 (negligence) in regard to the 2002 case.

His trial began in Bandra Magistrate Court in Maharashtra in 2006. The actor was earlier being tried on the charge of death by negligence which carries a maximum prison term of two years.